Playdough
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Do you want to strengthen your child’s fine motor skills? One of the best and easiest ways to strengthen the small muscles in their hands is to let [...]
Sensory Table
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director SCOOP MEASURE POUR SIFT The children play cooperatively or independently at the tables using cracked corn or water. Sieves, scoops, cups, bowls, shovels, and other toys made the [...]
Wild West Pony Rides
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director The sun was shining, the ponies were friendly, and our riders could be heard saying “Giddy-Up!” The children went for a ride on Winnie and Strawberry on the [...]
Block Center
By Jennifer Landrieu Develop hand/eye coordination. Develop a sense of balance. Develop math concepts – number, size, shape, space, and weight. Learn to share an area with others.Work cooperatively with others. Use [...]
Aquatic ABC’s Program
By Jennifer Landrieu Mrs. Kerdock from the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences’ TrOUTREACH program visited the campers at Camp North Branch as part of their “beach” themed week. The TrOUTREACH program [...]
Eyes of the Wild Traveling Zoo
By Jennifer Landrieu Miss Kim introduced our campers to a chinchilla, hedgehog, fox, dove, and wallaby today! She explained that Eyes of the Wild rescued many of the animals we saw and [...]
2013-2014 Parent Survey Results
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Every spring, our Preschool parents are asked to fill-out a survey to let us know how their year went. Here’s a sample of what they said: About their [...]
Greetings from the TTh 203 class!
We are a joyful group of 11 girls and boys. Upon arrival, after hanging up our coats and bags, we find our names, which are written on shapes representing the color and [...]
Greetings from the T/Th 104 “Diaper-Friendly” Class!
Mrs. Gaboda and Mrs. Belardo are the teachers of this class and have a group of eight children who are almost all potty-trained! Many of the children began the class before they [...]
Music Class
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Bells - Shaker Eggs - Rhythm Sticks - Drums - Piano - Maracas MUSIC! Mrs. Orlando welcomes our students with the “Hello Song” before beginning her music lessons [...]
Gym Class
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Every Thursday and Friday, our Gym Teacher, Mrs. Kolb prepares gross motor activities for each of our age groups. The children enjoy a 15-minute class, which begins with [...]
Art with Anna
Enrichment Class “Every child is an artist...” – Pablo Picasso Miss Anna is an Art Therapist who visits our Preschool every week to offer her “Art with Anna” enrichment class to our [...]
Welcome to our older 3-year-olds in the Green Room!
by Pam Kiser & Dotty Mooney It is hard to believe there are only a little over 2 months left to our school year. Our class is full of bright, social and [...]
The Benefits of Pet Ownership
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Three of our teachers recently welcomed new puppies into their families! Mrs. Reinhart & Bailey. Mrs. Sodano & Luna. Mrs. Vidal & Peyton. Studies show that having a [...]
Exploring Dinosaurs Inside Room 204
by Kim Sodano & Dotty Moony In February a very fun theme we have is Dinosaurs, so in our MWF class Room 204 we decided to dedicate a whole week to this [...]
It is Okay to Play with Our Food!
Healthy Chefs offered in the Winter Enrichment session to all ages! Children slice, dice, spread, and measure the food ingredients they need to make their healthy snacks with Mrs. Gaboda and Mrs. [...]
The Winter Olympics Come to Preschool
This week our preschoolers arrived at gym class to discover they were now Olympic athletes. Each child ran and carried the torch around Fellowship Hall and then it was time for the [...]
Greetings from Room 103
Hi! We are Maureen Gaboda and Karen Belardo and we run the 3 day 3 year old class. They are the older 3's and have to be potty trained for this class. [...]
Helping Your Child Learn to Read
By Kim Sodano & Nicole Young The best way to help your child learn to read is to read, read, read! Model reading in front of your child. Read directions on recipes, [...]
Winter Books We Love
Winter sure is showing off this year! We’ve had two snow days already and perhaps a few more to go before Spring arrives. I’d like to share with you a few of [...]
Say Hello to the Boys and Girls in MWF Room 202
Welcome December! All the boys and girls in MWF Room 202 have been very busy. We are having a lot of fun being a little family of learners. Here is a look [...]
Salt Dough Ornament Recipe
What you'll need: 1 cup flour 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup water Rolling pin Cookie sheet Toothpick Miniature cookie cutters Acrylic paints Glitter glue or glitter paint Ribbon or string Directions Preheat [...]
Come Visit Our 4-Year-Olds in the Orange Room
We have been in our MWF class for 33 days. We know this because every day during our circle time we count all the days we have come to school on our [...]
Respecting the Importance of Play
I was saddened in a classroom this week to see a preschooler in tears, frustrated at her inability to form the letters of her first and last names in the way that [...]
Science Explorers
According to Kid’s Science Lab, science is important for preschoolers for three reasons: Science engages curiosity. Science provides practical tools for understanding everyday life. Science advances critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. [...]